Forschungsschwerpunkte

Forschungsschwerpunkte

Das GIGA verbindet fundiertes Fachwissen und modernste vergleichende Methoden der Sozialwissenschaften. Das komplementäre Zusammenspiel von Regionalinstituten und Forschungsschwerpunkten ermöglicht es dem GIGA, seinen einzigartigen Ansatz zu verfolgen. Erfahren Sie mehr über unsere Forschungsschwerpunkte.



  • Vergleichende Regionalstudien

    All GIGA scholars belong to one Regional Institute and are members of one or more Research Programmes. In the Research programmes, scholars from all four Regional Institutes come together, develop and carry out their research projects, reflect on theoretical, conceptual and methodological questions from political science, economics, and related disciplines, and engage in interdisciplinary exchange and in comparative inter-, intra- and cross-regional work.

    The GIGA is a pioneer in the fledgling field of comparative area studies (CAS) and one of Europe’s leading research centres for this scholarly field of study. Comparative area studies combine the context sensitivity and knowledge of area studies with the explicit use of comparative methods as the appropriate means to generate both contributions to broader disciplinary and theoretical debates, and better insights into the cases. Hence, the cognitive interest of CAS encompasses generalisation as well as specification. We believe that contextually-informed and methodologically sound CAS benefit both the social-science disciplines and area-specific studies. They are an important component of our global approach. For further reading on CAS we recommend Comparative Area Studies: Methodological Rationales and Cross-Regional Applications, published by Oxford University Press.

    The GIGA, either as an institution or through its employees, is involved in the important area-specific and disciplinary networks and associations. Among the latter are, for example, the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), the German Political Science Association (DVPW), the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Processes of International Negotiation network (PIN), the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), the American Political Science Association (APSA), and the International Studies Association (ISA).

    Globaler Forschungsansatz

    Das GIGA arbeitet mit Perspektiven, Konzepten und Erfahrungen aus verschiedenen Weltregionen. Es ist global in den Inhalten, global in der Reichweite und global in der Struktur.

    Globaler Forschungsansatz

    Präsidentin (ad interim)

    Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach leitet das GIGA als Präsidentin (ad interim).

    Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach

    Regionalinstitute

    Afrika|Asien|Lateinamerika|Nahost

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